Teacher Instructional Materials Research GuideScopeThis guide will help the user locate books, electronic books, audiovisual resources, journal articles and Internet resources related to college teaching and curriculum enhancement. If you would like additional assistance, please Ask a Librarian or call: 920-924-3108 or 262-335-5760.
Books, e-books and Audiovisual ResourcesUse MPTC Catalog to locate books, e-books, and audiovisual materials on this subject. Periodical (Journal/Newspaper) ArticlesUse the following databases to find articles from journals and newspapers related to college teaching and instruction. You may use similar keywords terms as suggested for searching the MPTC Catalog.EBSCOhostWeb Many of the databases listed here will have information on education and teaching, but good ones to start with include: Academic Search Elite, MasterFILEPremier, ERIC, and/or the Professional Development Collection. Health Reference Center Academic HRC Academic includes full text articles on health-related educational topics. Highwire Press Highwire Press is an enterprise of Stanford University. Highwire Press partners with scholarly societies, university presses and publishers to create a collection of fully searchable scholarly and clinical literature online, much of which is free full text. WilsonWeb Wilson Web contains full text articles from over 1,750 publications, and includes educational topics. WebsitesThe Educator’s Reference Deskhttp://www.eduref.org/ This site, maintained by the Information Institute of Syracuse contains an excellent listing of websites, organizations and online communities on educational topics. A good area for college teachers to navigate to from the home page: Educational Levels—Higher Education. This site also includes links to ERIC (see below) and GEMS (Gateway to Educational Materials), a gateway for accessing over 40,000 educational resources. AMSER http://amser.org/ The Applied Math and Science Education Repository contains free online resources for the classroom, and it’s directed at community and technical college instructors. ERIC: Educational Resources Information Center http://www.eric.ed.gov/ The original gateway to education materials! SBCTC: Washington State Board for Community & Technical Colleges http://www.sbctc.ctc.edu/College/_e-abepds_teachersresources.aspx This site has a very helpful list of Teachers’ Resource links. Suite101.com http://collegeuniversity.suite101.com/article.cfm/resources_for_college_teachers Suite101 contains interesting classroom resources and articles for professors and college instructors (use this if you can ignore the advertisements!) ECB: Educational Communications Board http://www.ecb.org/education/index.htm This site offers over 1000 multimedia resources which Wisconsin educators may use in their classroom(s). Sign up for the teachers’ domain, which includes classroom-ready resources, and check out their excellent list of recommended websites. Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) Curriculum Bank http://www.curriculumbank.org/curriculumbank/index.pl Registration is open to all WTCS employees—search for competencies, classroom activities, online teaching and learning tools and more. Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) System-attic http://systemattic.wtcsystem.edu/Instruction/system-wide-curriculum/system-wide-curriculum.htm This is the local website of the WTCS office and it contains information for WTCS internal administration, staff and faculty. This off-shoot of the WTCS.edu site should be faster with less web traffic. Other websites to check outAFT: American Federation of Teachers http://www.aft.org/ State of Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction http://dpi.wi.gov/ AACC: American Association of Community Colleges http://www.aacc.nche.edu/Pages/default.aspx ACE: American Council on Education http://www.acenet.edu//AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home Updated 7/2009 |
